Tinariwen are poet-guitarists and soul rebels from the Southern Sahara desert. Their music expresses the aspirations of their people, the Kel Tamashek or 'Touareg' of the southern Sahara desert. The guitar is their weapon. Simplicity is Freedom.
“The Tuareg used to be people living free in the Sahara without borders,” reflected Abdullah Ag Alhousseyni. He’s the acoustic guitarist and second lead vocalist in Tinariwen, one of the...
A group of Tuareg musicians from Mali are the highlight at this year’s Jaipur Literature Festival. This evening (20 January), the Grammy Award winning band, Tinariwen (meaning ‘deserts’) known...